Harrods customers' details stolen in IT systems breach

Harrods has warned its e-commerce customers that their idiosyncratic information whitethorn person been taken successful an IT systems breach.

Information similar customers' names and interaction details was taken aft 1 of Harrods' third-party supplier systems was compromised, the luxury London section store said.

Affected customers person been informed and reassured that the impacted information is "limited to basal idiosyncratic identifiers", a spokesperson said.

Account passwords oregon outgo details were not affected successful the breach.

"The 3rd enactment has confirmed this is an isolated incidental which has been contained, and we are moving intimately with them to guarantee that each due actions are being taken. We person notified each applicable authorities," Harrods added.

"No Harrods strategy has been compromised and it is important to enactment that the information was taken from a third-party provider."

This comes 4 months aft the section store restricted net entree arsenic a precautionary measure owed to "attempts to summation unauthorised access" to immoderate of its systems.

Friday's breach is "unconnected" to the attempts successful May, the spokesperson said.

Two men aged 19, a 17-year-old lad and a 20-year-old pistillate were arrested successful July implicit their suspected engagement successful cyber attacks connected Harrods, Marks & Spencer, and the Co-op.

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They were arrested connected suspicion of blackmail, wealth laundering, offences linked ot the Computer Misuse Act, and participating successful the activities of an organised transgression group, the National Crime Agency said.

All 4 person been bailed pending further inquiries.

It comes arsenic hackers assertion to person stolen pictures, names and addresses of thousands of children successful a cyber onslaught connected a nursery concatenation successful London.

The group, calling itself Radiant, has released idiosyncratic accusation astir children and unit astatine the Kido nursery concatenation connected the acheronian web, demanding a ransom from the company.

Radiant told Sky News connected Friday it intends to imminently merchandise the profiles of much children and employees.